Portfolio Manager for the Invest Illinois Venture Fund (IIVF), Art Williams, along with Chris Meister, Director of the Illinois Finance Authority (IFA) and IFA Board Members will be available to discuss the various state funds available for entrepreneurs.Chris Meister and the IFA will be available to provide an overview of its Venture Capital Program, including how to apply and during this meeting will discuss ways in which IFA can effectively market its programs to new businesses in the Champaign-Urbana metropolitan. Participants will be presented with a rare opportunity to influence public finance programs because the IFA will be collecting input from participants to better understand their capital needs. We are expecting this to be a meaningful conversation among local stakeholders.

More information: http://www.commerce.state.il.us/NR/rdonlyres/72EDD549-8FA9-4D4B-B482-D156E2EB227D/0/AIInvestIllinoisVentureFund10511.pdf